International SEO Consultant

Jesse James Woods

I have acquired over 8 years of substantial experience in online marketing, primarily SEO.

KAYAK

I am the Director of Product SEO for the travel meta search engine KAYAK. I have been working at KAYAK since July 2015.

expatjobseeker.de

In June 2015, I founded the job search engine expatjobseeker.de to help expatriates find work in Germany.

HolidayCheck

From February 2014 to June 2015 I was the Head of SEO for New Markets at HolidayCheck, a hotel review and booking website.

Shopgate

From June 2013 to January 2014 I was Head of SEO at Shopgate, a SaaS company that develops mobile websites and native apps for online merchants.

Yalwa

I got my start in SEO from 2010 to 2013 at Yalwa, a company that offers local classifieds, business directory, and Q&A websites in over 40 countries.

Skills

100%

SEO

Highly skilled and experienced in international Search Engine Optimization (technical, onsite and offsite) primarily for Google. I have experience as well with Baidu, Naver and Yandex.

90%

Web Analytics

I hold two certifications in Web Analytics. I’m primarily experienced in Google Analytics and also have experience with Adobe Analytics (Omniture).

80%

Blogging

Strong professional blogging experience. I have published over 200 blog posts (in-house and guest posts) for multiple websites and topics (B2C & B2B). I’ve launched and managed blogs and writers. I have extensive experience with WordPress and Movable Type Pro.

70%

Social Media Marketing

Strong experience in social media marketing (B2C & B2B), primarily on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Googleplus and YouTube. I also have experience marketing on Instagram. I’ve managed social media profiles for five brands.

Recommendations

A real pro in big-scale SEO

Jesse is a very talented person who I really enjoy working together with. His skills are really remarkable as he's a real pro in big-scale SEO and also has good knowledge in other fields like Web Analytics. I always noticed how good Jesse gets along with other people. His unique style makes him a great fit in almost any team I would say. Communication is important and Jesse is really good at it. In projects he always keeps the end goal in mind and finds his way of moving forward with it. I've never seen such an energetic person who has endless to-do lists and manages to complete all of it. Jesse is also a person you can trust and rely on, which I find a very important factor. Grab the chance to get to know him if you get the opportunity.

- Rene Lavrijsen, Startup owner

Will always find a solution very fast

Jesse is the colleague everyone wants to have. As a good team player he’s always open to exchanging new ideas. He is also always contributing new creative SEO or online marketing ideas to make the company more successful. Furthermore he can easily analyze a problem and will always find a solution very fast.

- Perrine Labaune, Web Consultant at Swisscom Directories AG

Strong expertise on SEO

I am very pleased to work with Jesse at HolidayCheck. He has a strong expertise on SEO and in online Marketing. He's a very reliable professional, with high sense of responsibility and professional conscience. As a team player, he transmits empathy towards the rest of the team, being dynamic, energetic and with a positive "can do" attitude. He's the SEO reference of the team and I hope this will remain for a long time !

- Carlos Ferrer Fernández, International Marketing Manager at Evaneos

Speaking

Interview about International SEO

Interview with Webcertain TV

SEO presentation about international targeting

SMX Munich 2017

I gave a presentation at the annual Search Marketing Expo in Munich titled “How to Reach a Global Audience Through International SEO.” In this presentation I introduced conference participants to the global audience of KAYAK, explained the big picture of International SEO and shared 25 tips on how to maximize the global search visibility of a website.

SEO presentation about internal linking

Emerce eTravel 2016

I gave a presentation titled “How to Boost SEO Through Internal Linking” at the annual eTravel conference in Amsterdam. In this presentation I defined internal linking and explained why it’s important, shared examples of how internal linking is handled by KAYAK, and offered 10 internal linking tips on how websites can improve their SEO.